Golden (Years) Goals

Many of the organizations listed at Sports Doing Good and the stories covered deal with kids and young adults. However, there is no doubt that in the U.S. and in…

Not that hard to pronounce – Meb Keflezighi

Say the name a few times, it rolls right off the tongue.  🙂 What a great race on Sunday. Thousands of individuals from around the world converged on the streets…

Look After Yourself, Look After One Another*

The Past Two Weeks Two weeks ago today I was pulling together material for the blog, doing some Kaur Group work, and getting ready for a 4-week trip to India…

Difference makers, aka social entrepreneurs

Dave Lavinsky is the Co-Founder/President of Growthink, Inc. I used to work for Growthink and still incorporate the company’s business planning materials in the entrepreneurship class I have taught at…

Reminder: New Models of Social Responsibility: A Global Virtual Summit (CSR)

New Models of Social Responsibility: A Global Virtual Summit (CSR) November 5 & 9 http://www.communitelligence.com/content/ahpg.cfm?spgid=377&full=1 Conference Premise: For social responsibility (or CSR, green, sustainability or corporate citizenship) efforts in large…

The Word of the Day

Creativity! I am a big fan of the Colbert Report and was thrilled to see the show step up and mobilize “The Nation”, of which I am certainly a member…

Beyond Sport Awards 2010 – See you in Chicago

Beyond Sport announced that it will be having its second Summit and Awards ceremony in the U.S. in 2010, following its successful launch in London in 2009. Please see the…

Guest Post: What the World Cup means (and could mean) for business

Sab was kind enough to ask me, John Kim, from www.WorldCupCSR.wordpress.com, to contribute a guest post to this blog.  Of course I jumped at the chance and was absolutely flattered;…

Nymeyer named NCAA woman of year

The NCAA Woman of the Year Award honors senior student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership. (From…

Player and volunteer champions

This is a great achievement by the tournament organizers and especially its volunteers. The PGA players deserve a lot of credit but lets not forget the thousands of volunteers who…